Card Rulings:Doppelganger
OCG Rulings
- The activation of the card "Doppelganger" can be performed at any time, except during the Damage Step.[1]
- The effect "When you take damage from the effect of a monster your opponent controls, inflict the same amount of damage to your opponent" makes a Chain Link. (It does not target.)[1]
- The effect "inflict the same amount of damage to your opponent" always activates when the activated effect of a monster in your opponent's Monster Zone inflicts damage to you while you control "Doppelganger". (It activates even during the Damage Step.)[1]
- The effect "inflict the same amount of damage to your opponent" can be activated in the same Chain Link as the card "Doppelganger", except during the Damage Step.[1]
Previously Official Rulings
 | These TCG rulings were issued by Upper Deck Entertainment and have since been declared unofficial by Konami.[2] They were previously considered official and can still be correct, as long as they follow the official gameplay rules, or unless Konami has issued a ruling that says otherwise. References: [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] |
- "Doppelganger's" effect starts a Chain after the effect that inflicted damage resolves.
- If you take damage from two or more effects in the same Chain, "Doppelganger's" effect will activate once for each of those effects after the Chain resolves. Then, "Doppelganger's" effects will form a new Chain.
- You cannot activate "Doppelganger" (flip it face-up) during the Damage Step.
- "Doppelganger's" effect will activate during the Damage Step if it was face-up on the field.
- If "Cannon Soldier", etc. is Tributed as a cost to activate its own effect to inflict damage, "Doppelganger's" effect will still activate.
- If you take damage from multiple monsters' Continuous Effects at the same time, like "Rapid-Fire Magician", "Doppelganger's" effect only activates once, and inflicts damage equal to the damage from only 1 of those monster's Continuous Effects.
- You can activate (flip face-up) "Doppelganger", and activate its effect as part of the same Chain Link, after a monster's effect that inflicts damage to you resolves.
References
- ↑ a b c d Konami OCG Card Database: Doppelganger
- ↑ Konami Judge Program Forum: Individual Email Rulings VS Individual Card Rulings
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [A-C]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [D-E]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [F-H]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [I-K]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [L-O]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [P-R]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [S-T]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [U-Z]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: SPECIFIC CARDS RULINGS
